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# Blob Stat Protocol
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This document describes the "batch stat" API end-point, for checking
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the size/existence of multiple blobs when the client and/or server do
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not support SPDY or HTTP/2.0. See [blob-upload](blob-upload.md) for more
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background.
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Notably: the HTTP method may be GET or POST. GET is more correct but
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be aware that HTTP servers and proxies start to suck around the 2k and
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4k URL lengths. If you're stat'ing more than ~37 blobs, using POST
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would be safest.
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The HTTP request path is `$blobRoot/camli/stat`. See
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[blob-upload](blob-upload.md) and [discovery](discovery.md) for background.
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In either case, the request form values: (either in the URL for GET or
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application/x-www-form-urlencoded body for POST)
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camliversion required Version of camlistore and/or stat protocol;
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reserved for future use. Must be "1" for now.
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blob<n> optional/ Must start at 1 and go up, no gaps allowed, not
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repeated zero-padded, etc. Value is a blobref, e.g
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"sha1-9b03f7aca1ac60d40b5e570c34f79a3e07c918e8"
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There's no defined limit on how many you include here,
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but servers may return a 400 Bad Request if you ask
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for too many. All servers should support <= 1000
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though.
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maxwaitsec optional The client may send this, an integer max number
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of seconds the client is willing to wait
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for the arrival of blobs. If the server
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supports long-polling (an optional
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feature), then the server will return
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immediately if all the requested blobs
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or available, or wait up until this
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amount of time for the blobs to become
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available. The server's reply must
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include "canLongPoll" set to true if the
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server supports this feature. Even if
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the server supports long polling, the
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server may cap 'maxwaitsec' and wait for
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less time than requested by the client.
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## Examples
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GET /some-blob-root/camli/stat?camliversion=1&blob1=sha1-9b03f7aca1ac60d40b5e570c34f79a3e07c918e8 HTTP/1.1
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Host: example.com
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-or-
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POST /some-blob-root/camli/stat HTTP/1.1
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Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
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Host: example.com
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camliversion=1&
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blob1=sha1-9b03f7aca1ac60d40b5e570c34f79a3e07c918e8&
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blob2=sha1-abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd&
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blob3=sha1-deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef
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Response:
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Content-Length: ...
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Content-Type: text/javascript
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{
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"stat": [
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{"blobRef": "sha1-abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd",
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"size": 12312}
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],
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"canLongPoll": true
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}
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Response keys:
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stat required Array of {"blobRef": BLOBREF, "size": INT_bytes}
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for blobs that the system already has. Empty
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list if no blobs are already present.
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canLongPoll optional Set to true (type boolean) if the server supports
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long polling. If not true, the server ignores
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the client's "maxwaitsec" parameter.
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